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0. N. HOWERTON AN' E.'STARB,UCK.

TOY.

APFLlCATlON FILED IAN. 29| 192.0.

Patentd Apr. 4

"oLrvnii,,NIHOWERTNgoF EAs'irEoRrA, AND nii-nnsiigsmemincx, or; meer@ Inl-,I-

' Nolssiiinjsrfinucx AssiGNoR or HISVENTIRE `Rierirr To CHARLES s; lHoviiiif- DEN, or rnoniii, ILLINOIS.

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Be` itI knovvng that j We, OLIvER N..` Howlin- ToN andY ERNEST STARBUCK, citizens of the United States, residing 'at East Peor-ia,- county of rlazewell, State of Illinois, and Peoria, county of l`f"eoria,-State-of` lllinois,ref spectiirely,` haveinvented certain new-V and useful Improvements n'Tovs; and we, "do

hereby: declare that theY tollc'iwing4 isv a full, cleai'fandexact description of the invention, which', will enable othersV skilled in thev artl tofwhich it 'appertainsto make and use y,the

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'lfhisinve'ntioniis directedto toys as a class, having reference particularly to the representatijon of amounted iioWl, ^animal,;oithe like, so constructed; and organized that when drawn along a licor; oi,-'otlier surf-ace said fowl orv the like is made to apparently seizeaild, swallow a@ bait attached toja cord or string, by whichY the toy is pulled:

. Ang.'objyect,l therefore, is to so.,inou'iit aVV f body vrepreseii,tinga fowl or animal upon' a iollingj support that: a Stringercord` attached togysaidsupport, carrying a bait, Willbe ugoundion such support xv-hen pulled, upon so that said fowl oranimal Will approach-fand SZe said bait. I y Y i{,Lnother object of the invention is to provide a rollingsupport upon which is mounted a: bodyv representing a, fowl orv animal, to Which support isattacheda 'string or cord 'made `to move at a 'rate of speed of travel faster than the' hand that pulls said coidror le are aware thatit is not neu7 to attach a cordto a rolling support to cause the Wrapping of; the saine upon thelatter and the movement of said support toward the endo the'cord being pulled due tothe inertia of realistic manner. Y

.a 'lQlthe-endthatthe iii-mention,inayy be fully v understoodA We have, provided; the ,.accom# the support, butthe noveltyin our device lies inmountingthe body of a duck, for ex;

Specification of IiettersiPatent. Patented Y Apr, 4,v 1922 Application mee-January 29, 1320i; serialiNeeM-,eea 1 ample, preferably in miniature, upon; the support, and ai bait upon `the cordl so that in pulling u-poiitheV latter the bait will beapf Y proachedand apparently swallowedv in `Y`a panying 4drawingforming.-part of-,thisapplication: it being understoodv that said draw? ing represents merely 'one form offthe device suitable for illustrating the invention.

Y AFigurel is aside elevation of a toy duck.,

in part ;s'ection,"showing the mechanism of our invention-,- I

Figure 2V is a plan ofl the sainewith parts ot theA 'body` oil they toy brokenV away.

Figure 3.is adiagramshowing two posi# tions of the.y toy, and; i

Figures 4, and` 5 vare transverse,A sectional elevations of a rollingr support.andyavindf ation.V to take up` :L -'string orfcord. The body'of the vtoy which, in this inl.

j ing. drum showing the manner o=f=oper ,Y l i of pressed metall though other Ways of pro# ducing it may of course be readily adopted, .ltis niountedvuponya, rolling-support 'comek prfisingspaced: Wheels BV each `having a tiun- Y nio'niOi aXle stub @on its outer s ,urf'aceex` tending nthrough openings D; in` theY sides of the bod-y, andy constitutes thea'Xle ofthesaidsupport. YThis structure incliidesadruni E betweenthe Wheels" to whiclifi's secured.; one

end, of'a stringorcord F which Aextends :alongthel inside of the neck ot. the duck through eyes at Gr.,H, and, for example,

bet-Ween` the =upper an'dloiver bills, J andfK ijesperctivelyfsaid string or cord-.having ,at-V tached thereto at LV at some distance from the drum a kernel olcorn.l for example, or

a"representationthereof; esa .baitvi.V l

M is a pitinan attached at one end tothe .I lower bill K insuitable manner, the said bill being pivoted to the headof the duck substantiallyas shown,-A vThe pitman at its Y other end-takes around a portion N of the rollingsupport arranged eccentrically` to the axis of rotationl thereof of the'idruin and Wheels. Y

21 f l 1,412,015 n cally balanced over theaxis of the wheels,

the string or cord serving to hold the said body free of the surface drawn over in pulling the toy forward. Y

When the cord isv pulled the rolling support, which is preferably fairly heavy, being in fact the heaviest part of the toy,'is rolled in the direction indicated by the dart in Figure 4. That isto say, the inertia of the support together with the windingV of the string or cord upon asmaller circumference than that of the wheels causes the said support to roll towardthe hand pulling the string. The cord or string is thus wound upon the drum E `with the result that the duclrapproaches the bait which enters the bill. In one full rotation, see Figures 4:

and 5, the length of the string or cord wound Y on the drum is much less than the distance traveled by they wheels. Otherwise considered, in a' study ofFigure 3 it will be seen that the baitwhas been moved, in pulling the string, a much less distance than the distance traveled by the duck so that the'latter overtakes the bait.

Of course the relative sizes of the wheels B kand the drum is not important, being mere choice, but these determine the distance the duck must travel before it reaches the bait.

The whole purpose is that in drawing the duck somelittle distance, the bait7 on the string or cord is gradually reached and apparently swallowed. As the said bait is met bythe eye H inside the bill, abruptly ended, whilethe pull on the wheels is stopped while the body due to momentum tilts forward, Figure 3, dotted lines,givine1 the duck the quite realistic appearance of swallowing the' bait. By properly shaping the wheels B the duck, if desired, may be made to have a characteristic manner.

As the duck moves the lower bill K isy y made to open and'shu't due to the connecltion of the pitman therewith and with the ation.

1 claim:

1. A toy comprising a rolling support including a winding-drum, a body representing a living ,organism mounted uponand carried by the support, a flexible member attached at one end to the drum arranged when pulled at its other end to wind upon the said drum and extending from the same through and out of the mouth of the represented organism, and a` bait attached to said member caused to be drawn into said mouth in the wrapping of the cord upon said drum. Y i 2. A toy comprising a body representative of a living organism, a rolling supporttherefor journaled therein including a windingdrum, a cord attached at one end to the drumV and extending to, through and outside theV ,Y

that ofthe support, a cord attached at one end to the drum extending to and out through the mouth of the represented organism,`and

a bait carried on said cord at a point dis` tantv from the said end outside the body, 'the `structure being organized whereby invpulling the cord the drum will take up said cord atA its bait end and cause the body to approach the bait at a rate of speed of travel greater than that of the travel of the cord'and finally overtake and receive the bait into it.'

4t. A toy including in its construction a body simulating a fowl having a pivoted lower bill-portion, a rolling support upon which the body is mounted comprising'a pair of spaced wheels and a drum and having a part arranged eccentrically to its axis of rotation, said drum being shorter incircumference than said wheels, a cord' attached to the drum extendingthrough the neck of the Vfowl and out through itsl bill,`

a bait attached to the cord, and a pitman attached to and connected between said trically arranged portion. Y

5. In a toy, in combination with a bod" simulating a living organism, its mouthincluding a pivoted portion adapted to Yopen lower-bill portion and attached to the eccenand close, of a'rolling support upon which the bodyl is supported, a cord attached to the support extending to andy out through the said mouth, a bait carried bythe cord outside the body, said cord lwhen pulled adapted toV be wound upon said support-V drawing the body toward the baitfand mechanism connected to and betweenV the support and the pivotedy mouth portion adapted in the advance of the body to open they said mouth portion to permit the en` trance of the bait into said mouth. v

6. 1n a toy, a figure srmulating a livingY organism. a rolling support on which it is mounted, a cordattached to the support and extending out through the mouth of the represented organism and wound on the support on being pulled, and a bait on said` cord, the latter in winding drawing the taehed toand between the ends of the cord l bat7 toward and into the mouthl of said drawn into the mouth during the winding represented organism. i 0f said cord. `Y Y 7. In a toy, a figure simulating a V`living In testimony whereof we afx our signal5 organism, a rolling support upon which it is tures in presence of two witnesses.VV mounted, a movable mouth portion for the OLIVER N HOWERTON represented orvanism operated by said rolling support, accord attached to and adapted vERlWSrI-l STARBUCK,

to be wound upon the support when pulled, Witnesses: the same extending out through the mouth V. V. CABLE@ of said represented organism, and a bait at- L. M. TmLow. 

